Baker



Feb. 21, 1956 Q BAKER 2,735,110

HEADWEAR FOR WOMEN v Filed March 16, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l Y? INVENTOR.OID/4L 64kg@ BY and v x10 fawn/V34 Feb. 21, 1956 o. BAKER HEADWEAR FORWOMEN 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 16, 1954 INVENToR. 64x56 @PHLfroid/5K5( "ijnited States Patent O HEADWEAR FOR WOMEN Opal Baker, NewYork, N. Y., assignor to Far East Associates, Inc., New York, N. Y., acorporation of New York Application March 16, 1954, Serial No. 416,482

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-198) This invention relates to headwear for women, andmore particularly to an improved scarf cap.

It has long been the practice for women to wear a scarf as a headcovering. For this purpose a square scarf may be folded to form atriangle, which is then tied around the head, or the scarf may itself betriangular. It has also been suggested to secure a visor to the centerportion of the long edge of the scarf, and such a combination of visorand scarf may be called a scarf cap.

The primary object of the present invention is to generally improvescarf caps. More particular objects are to provide a scarf cap which maybe worn in a variety of ways with the long edge of the scarf either atthe front of the head, or behind the neck, and with the corners tiedbeneath the chin, or behind the neck, or over the visor, or drawnrearwardly and tucked beneath the scarf.

Further objects are to provide such a scarf cap which is easy to applyand wear, and which remains securely in adjusted position after beingapplied to the head.

To accomplish the foregoing objects, and other objects which willhereinafter appear, my invention resides in the scarf cap elements, andtheir relation one to another, as are hereinafter more particularlydescribed in the following specication. The specication is accompaniedby drawings, in which:

Fig. l shows my improved scarf cap worn with the corners tied beneaththe chin;

Fig. 2 shows the same with the corners tied above the visor;

Fig. 3 shows the same with the corners drawn rearwardly and tuckedbeneath the scarf;

Fig. 4 shows the same with the corners tied behind the head;

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the scarf cap spread out, with the longedge of the scarf beneath the headband;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section drawn to enlarged scale in fore-and-aftdirection, with the long edge of the scarf disposed in front of theheadband and behind the loop;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary side elevation looking in the direction of thearrows 7-7 in Fig. 5, but with the long edge of the scarf disposedtransversely of the headband;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken approximately in the plane of theline 8-8 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken approximately in the plane of theline 9 9 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. l0 is explanatory of a detail, and is taken approximately in theplane of the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 5, the scarf capcomprises a visor assembly generally designated V, and a triangularscarf generally designated S. The visor assembly V includes a patternedvisor 12 of relatively stiff material, a headband 14 the forward portionof which is secured along the rear edge of the visor 12, and a loop 16secured at the top center of the visor at the headband. The scarf S is atriangular half of a square of fabric, the original square preferablybeing approximately one yard, say 35 inches along its side edge.

2,735,110 Patented Feb. 21, 1956 ICC The long edge 18 of the resultingtriangular scarf has an elastic insert in the center region, as isindicated at 20. The edge 18 is secured at two spaced points, one oneither side of the elastic insert 20, to the visor assembly V near thecorners of the visor, this being at the points marked 22 in Fig. 5.

Considering the arrangement in greater detail, the visor 12 is here madeof straw, and is patterned with appropriately curvedrfront and rearedges, so that it will assume a visor shape when the rear edge is drawnabout the head. However, the visor may be made of fabric, appropriatelystilened by means of a stilfener between layers of fabric.

The headband 14 in the present case is an inelastic woven cloth tape,provided at the rear with an elastic insert 24. It will be seen thatthis insert is an elastic cord bent to form a band or loop, one end ofwhich is secured in a reversely folded end 26 of the headband, while theother end of the loop is secured in the other reversely folded end 28.This construction is more clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 8 of the drawing.If desired an elastic tape might be used for the entire headband, butthe elasticity of the front part of the band would be wasted, and I lndit preferable to use an inelastic tape, with an elastic insert to adaptthe headband to differently sized heads. The insert may be elastic tape,although elastic cord as here shown is so readily stretchable as not toexert undue pressure on the head.

The forward part of the headband is preliminarily stitched to a clothbinder 30, as is best shown at 32 in Fig. 6. The binder is then foldedaround and stitched to the rear edge of the straw visor 12, as is shownat 34. At the same time the free ends of the loop 16 are stitched inplace, these being located beneath the upper edge of the Vbinder 30, asis clearly shown in Fig. 6.

The scarf S is preferably made of silk or like sheer fabric. The edgesare hemmed in conventional fashion. The elastic insert 20 may be appliedin a manner best shown in Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawing. Specifically, aloop of elastic cord 40 is employed, one end of the loop being held by areversely folded bit of fabric tape 42, and the other end being held bya similar reversely folded bit of fabric tape 44. The ends of the tapes42 and 44 are stitched to spaced points on the scarf, and the edge ofthe scarf later is folded upwardly around the cord 40 and stitched on acurve, as shown at 46 in Fig. lt). Thus an enclosed pocket is formedwithin which the elastic insert 40 and the tapes 42 and 44 areconcealed. Of course, the points at which the strips 42 and 44 aresecured to the scarf are spaced apart much further than the contractedlength of the insert. In the specific construction here shown they arespaced apart about three times the length of the insert, or about sixinches apart for a two inch insert, thus providing approximately fourinches of contraction at the gathering shown at 20 in Figs. 5 and 10 ofthe drawing.

The long edge 18 of the scarf is secured to the visor assembly bystitching or tacking the same to the headband, near the corners of thevisor. Referring to Fig. 7, the hemmed long edge 18 of the scarf is tackstitched to the headband 14 at 5l). It is preferred that these tackstitches be taken through the band 14 rather than the visor, because thevisor 12 here is made of straw. However, with a cloth visor the tackstitches could be taken directly into the corners of the visor, if itwere so desired.

In Fig. 7 the scarf may be assumed not yet secured at the oppositecorner of the visor. In practice the scarf is secured nearlydiametrically, as shown in Fig. 5, that is, it extends directly acrossthe headband when the elastic insert at 20 is contracted as shown.However, the scarf may lie over the headband, instead of beneath theheadband as shown in Fig. 5, because it is stitched to the out- 3 sidevof the headband as shownl in Fig. 7. It may readily lie beneath theheadband because. the.. tuck. stitching. is at the lower edge of theheadband.

Some of the ways in which the scarf cap may be worn are illustrated inFigs. 1 through 4 of' the drawing; In Fig. 1 the long edge of the scarfhas been placed'i'n front of the headband and loop, so that onlythe`visor itself'is visible. Two corners of the scarf' are tied beneath thetchin while the thirdcorner hangs behindfthe'back ofthel wearer.

Fig. 4V is similarexcept that all'three cornersare-appropriatelytiedbeneath the hair'behind the neck.

In Fig. 3 the long edge of the scarf isldrawn) away from the visor anddisposed behind the neck beneath the hair. The hair is exposed at 52';The corners-of the scarf arex passed through the loop 116'.vTwo-cornersmay be passedin one direction, and one corner in the otherdirection. The corners of the scarf', after being passed through loop16, are drawn rearwardly and tucked beneath the scarf', as shown at 54.

In Fig. 2 the long edge of thel scar-f is similarlydisposed behind theneck beneath the hair, and the corners' are similarly passed through theloop 16. However, in'

this case the scarf is drawn over thel top and the-heads fully covered.The corners; after*being'passedthrough the loop, are knottedornamentally above thevisor, as shown at 56.

The style of Fig. 2 may be varied by exposingthe hair' at the top, as inFig. 3, and the style of Fig. 3-v may be varied by covering the hair atVthe top, as in Fig; 2.

It is believed that the construction and' method ofuse of my improvedscarf cap, as Well as theadvantages thereof, will be apparent from theforegoingdetailed description. It will also be apparent that whilel I4have shown and described my invention in a preferred form, changes maybe made inthe structure shown, without departing from the'scope oftheinvention, as sought to-be defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A scarf cap for feminine wear comprising'a visor.'

assembly including a patterned visor of relatively sti material, saidvisor having a rear edge, as headband the forward portion of which issecured along therear edge of 2. A scarf cap for feminine wearcomprising a visor assembly including a patterned visor of relativelystiff material, said visor having a rear edge, a generally elasticheadband the forward portion of which is secured along the curved rearedge of the visor, and a loop secured at the top center of the visor atthe headband, and said scarf cap further comprising a triangular halfsquare fabric scarf, an elastic insert in the center portion of the longedge of the scarf, means securing' spacedV points only on the longedgevof. the scarf on either side of the elastic:l

portion-ofv whiclr'- hasaan4 elastic insert; anda loop securedvatthe'top center of-l the' visor at the headband, and said scarff capvfurthercomprisingf a triangular` half of an approximately' yard squareofsilk or like sheet fabric scarf, arr elasticv insert iny the' centerportoin of the long edgeof the sca-rt', means't securing" spaced pointsonlyon the` long` ed'geof theJ scarfon either sidek of the elasticinsertto thex headband near the-corners of the visor, the

aforesaidarrangement beingsuch=thatthe scarfcap may be wornfin a'varietyofr ways such' as with the long edge int front` of the headbandand thev corners tied; beneath the chin-or behindthe'neck', or with'thelong vedge behind thei'neck and with thecorners'passedl through the loopandr` tiedover the visor; or drawnrearwardly and tucked beneaththescarf.

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